Are your children likely to be abducted by paedophiles?

You are comparing apples to oranges. Just because one thing you've described happens more than another doesn't mean that you shouldn't try to protect against the other.

As we learn, we grow & change to adapt to the reality that we know. I used to walk to school on my own. My parents thought that was fine. While walking around downtown as a child, a bad man did convince me to get into his car.

Now, I could use your statistics & say "Well, it's not likely to happen again" & do nothing. Or, I could use my experience & knowledge to teach my children *more* than I knew. I hope that they, in turn, learn more about life & teach *their* children a little bit more, too.

For what it's worth - my 6yo daughter was approached by a man in a truck last month - he tried to convince her to get into his truck with him. She said 'No' & went away from him, back into our house. I'm glad that I taught her more, that we were more careful with her.

I also agree with the person who said that there this is not going on more, proportionately, than it was back in the 60's & 70's. The thing is that, back then, it was going on so much more than anyone knew about - things like this were kept secret, not reported (I know my encounter wasn't reported), and we didn't have the internet to help news & information spread. So, while it may not be happening more now than it was 'back then' - sadly, it was happening so much more back then than anyone knew.

I think you may have mis worded that. Its not locking your children up, perhaps being a little over protective, but surely its better to err on the side of caution?? There is no right in abuse of children, its all wrong, but as parents the best we can do is protect our children by any means and if being over protective prevents a possible child abduction/abuse, mores the better.

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a better question would be why not tell kids all about peadophiles in realtiohip to rape bullies, and teach self defence as well as the peadop lets play secret games tricks.

Note self defence against high level adult threats is different to self defence in a playground.

here we are talking about pretending to go along with the guys sick fantasy and say steering it towards him getting a bj.

before you go sick and twisted... this is to get said kids only weapon that can seriously hurt the guy in range of his vunerable area.

Only instead of sucking said kid sinks teeth righh around a tasitical and them rippes had back and does not let go like a pitbull tearain apart a rabbit till said kid bits and ripps said testical out of the scotum and spit it on the floor next to the aganoised peado looking on in horror in unimaginable about of pain covering the floor in blood...

said kid can run from the now dying and incapacitated peado or finish him with an impliment like a pen stright through the eye and moved around destrying the brian and killing him.

Sick and extreamly vicious and will result in truma for the kid and damn hard for anyone to dop.

but beats getting raped.

This was origonally an anti rape technique for women.

and it does not matter how big the guy is... or if a family member or stranger, in or out of the house.

Yes actually I do know that, but I am still not going to risk putting my child in danger letting her walk to school on her own or not lock the doors in the house.

Open your eyes, yes most abuse is caused by someone the child know, but definately not 100% of it

we know the statistics, but at the end of the day they are still out there as well and there is no way of knowing who they are and how safe you might think your children will be. I dont lock my children up , but I make sure they are safe and know exactly where they are. But at the end of the day is that not what a parent should be doing.

When i was younger i almost got snatched by a nonce and so did my friend.A big fat guy with a beard he was driving a white van.He grabbed me and sid he was taking me to the police station for no reason.Luckily my mother was there in the car and i told the nonce and he let go of me out of paranoia.I was very lucky i was only 8 years old.If i seen the same guy now i remember his face i would break every bone in his ******* body.So ye.s kids are at risk from peadophiles

Children are more likely to be hit by lightening than they are to be abducted by a total stranger. Unfortunately the high publicity surrounding cases makes it seem far more common than it actually is.

Statistics do show that children are no more likely to be abducted today than they were in the sixties ,BUT because you hear about it so often parents are just not willing to take any chances and I can't say I blame them

i think of the Catholic subculture/paedophilia link is extremely tenuous, if it exists in any respect. Paedophiles come from all and any walks of life, no longer only Catholics. The McCanns shouldn't had left their babies on my own, no remember how close they have been. Madeleine became left on my own; for this reason she became taken. i'm hoping they locate her a approach or the different, one way or the different, in spite of the undeniable fact that i think of there is incredibly little wish left of looking her alive.

You are right, its just there is more media coverage when a child is abducted by a paedophile